August 10th is Love Your Book Shop Day! It’s the day book shop owners get to celebrate all of the lovely folks who come into our shops, while book lovers around the country get to celebrate their local independent book shop. We can’t wait! All of our exciting celebrations will be announced soon but given our …
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Love Your Bookshop Day 2019 – Colouring in Competition
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Love Your Bookshop Day 2018 – Colouring in Competition
August 12th is Love Your Book Shop Day! It’s the day book shop owners get to celebrate all of the lovely folks who come into our shops, while book lovers around the country get to celebrate their local independent book shop. We can’t wait! We’re having a party and will have other exciting celebrations to be …
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Walker Books School Library Book $500 Bonus
Walker Books is currently holding a promotion where school libraries can receive $500 of free books when they purchase $500 of books! This is a great opportunity for schools to make their library budget stretch a bit further or to have extra books for award nights – or more simply, just to stock up on …
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Andrew Hansen & Jessica Roberts Book Launch – Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies: The Weird Beard
When twelve-year-old Bab Sharkey finds a magical beard in the Egyptian desert, it attaches itself to his face, making him the Pharaoh and granting him strange powers. Bab also finds the friends he’s always needed: a pair of undead animals wrapped in bandages called Scaler the Fish Mummy and Prong the Ibis Mummy. But the …
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Gus Gordon In Store Visit
Gus Gordon is an internationally acclaimed illustrator and author. He has illustrated and written over 80 books for children. His illustrations are known for their loose and energetic line work, mixed media and humour. Gus’s first picture book, Wendy, was a Notable Book in the 2010 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Picture Book of the …
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Happy Sunday
Happy Sunday! How gorgeous was that rain last night? Our little vegie patch looks so happy this morning .We’re open until 2pm today and the shop is looking ever so fabulous in preparation for the epic week ahead:.- On Tuesday evening the very fancy Young Adult fiction authors Will Kostakis and Shivaun Plozza will be …
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Auslan/English Bilingual Storytime
Auslan/English Bilingual Storytime – this morning at 10.30am .We still have a few spots left for our first ever Auslan/English storytime this morning, so pop past if you’re around.Join Lucky and our Auslan interpreter Pauline as they read Kitchen Disco, Please Mr Panda and The Wolf The Duck and The Mouse..No prior knowledge of Auslan …
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Author Event – Shivaun Plozza + Will Kostakis
Author Event – Shivaun Plozza + Will Kostakis – Tuesday 28th November 6.30pm. We are absolutely thrilled to be hosting Young Adult Fiction authors Shivaun Plozza and Will Kostakis. They popped into the shop earlier in the year and let me tell you, not only are they talented (and hardworking) authors, they are both absolutely …
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El Deafo
We added the enchanting El Deafo to our graphic novel section recently. Filled with warmth and humour, the story hits you right in the heart from the get go. Based on the childhood experiences of author/illustrator Cece Bell who as a child developed meningitis and lost her hearing, the graphics and text are gripping from …
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Open until 8.30pm Thursdays in November
Open until 8.30pm tonight .Whoop whoop! Only this week and next week until our late night Thursdays are all over with!.If you’re out and about for a stroll this evening, or you want to get out of the city for some country air, pop past and say hello. The little shop is filled to the …
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